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Dear colleagues, We are pleased to invite you to this report launch at Queen Mary University of London looking at the kind of lessons we can learn from the Covid-19 crisis about managing parents, carers and flexible, focusing on the insights from a unique category of participants - managers who are parents. Please see registration link below - the event if in person but hybrid/online access is also available. With best wishes Maria Parents, Managers, and Flexible Work: Lessons from the Covid-19 crisis Dr Maria Adamson (Queen Mary University of London); Prof Alexandra Beauregard (Birkbeck, University of London); Prof Suzan Lewis (Middlesex University) 29 of March 2023, Queen Mary University of London 4.15pm-6pm followed by reception and networking We invite you to attend our research report launch and expert panel discussion hosted by the Centre for Research in Equality and Diversity (CRED). It has been recognised that flexible working is crucial in enabling working parents’ careers, gender equality and can benefit organisations in multiple ways. Our research report presents key findings from a 2-year study that focused on a unique sample - line managers who are parents and who worked from home during and after the Covid-19 lockdowns. The findings show how they managed multiple obligations to their own families, their employers and their staff in crisis. While the key role of line managers in mediating access to flexibility has long been recognised, our findings show that it is not just access that is important, but how the flexible workers are managed and supported in challenging contexts. Our unique findings highlight successful (and unsuccessful) ways of managing working parents in crisis and lessons we can learn for managing future crises. Join us to debate best managerial practices going forwards and discuss future research agendas. 4:00pm – Registration, coffee and networking 4:30-5:00pm – Report Launch: Parents, Managers and Flexible Work Speakers: Dr Maria Adamson (Queen Mary University of London); Prof Alexandra Beauregard (Birkbeck, University of London); Prof Suzan Lewis (Middlesex University) 5:00-5:30pm – Panel Discussion: New Challenges and Opportunities of Flexible Work post-Covid Speakers: Prof Clare Kelliher (Cranfield University); Prof Grace James (Reading University); Rukasana Bhaijee, Diversity Equity and Inclusion Practitioner (formerly EMEA DEI Lead at Warner Bros Discovery); Dr Rebecca Jones (Research and Policy Manager at Working Families) 5.30-6pm – Interactive Discussion: Developing Best Practices and New Research Agenda 6pm onwards – Networking, reception, and buffet. To register for the event please follow the link: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/report-launch-parents-managers-and-flexible-work-lessons-from-covid-19-tickets-521989343177 ######################################################################## To unsubscribe from the CRITICAL-MANAGEMENT list, click the following link: https://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/cgi-bin/WA-JISC.exe?SUBED1=CRITICAL-MANAGEMENT&A=1 This message was issued to members of www.jiscmail.ac.uk/CRITICAL-MANAGEMENT, a mailing list hosted by www.jiscmail.ac.uk, terms & conditions are available at https://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/policyandsecurity/